SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
WA Community Colleges Consider Financial Emergency Declaration
Oregon Public Broadcasting, June 10, 2009
http://news.opb.org/article/5168-wa-community-colleges-consider-financial-emergency-declaration/
KPLU FM, June 10, 2009
Skagit Valley College budget includes 7 percent tuition hike
Skagit Valley Herald, June 10, 2009
South Sound Business Examiner names 2009 ‘40 Under Forty’
· Shawn Jennison, Producer/Writer, Clover Park Technical College
· Timothy Stokes, Executive VP for Academic and Student Affairs, Tacoma Community College
The Business Examiner's 40 Under Forty program recognizes outstanding South Sound business and community leaders under the age of 40. A panel of alumni reviews the candidates to provide the BE direction in the selection of the 40.
South Sound Business Examiner, June 10, 2009
http://www.businessexaminer.com/forty
It's wine time for Yakima Valley CC oenology graduate
Yakima Herald, June 9, 2009
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/06/09/it-s-wine-time-for-yvcc-oenology-graduate
Sally Gove, Clover Park TC, wins Anna Sue McNeill Teaching, Learning and Assessment Award:
South Sound Business Examiner, June 9, 2009
http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/people-on-move-130/
The Suburban Times, June 9, 2009
Olympic College Nursing Students Warn of Mercury in Light Bulbs
Although they already hold jobs in the nursing field, three women studying for nursing baccalaureate degrees from Olympic College recently tried their hand at community health through the program.
Kitsap Sun, June 8, 2009
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/08/olympic-college-nursing-students-warn-of-mercury/
Another group for Washington state aerospace industry
Another group has been formed to support keeping Washington state’s aerospace industry from leaving the state, one week after Gov. Chris Gregoire formed the Washington Council on Aerospace. The latest aerospace group is called the Washington Aerospace Partnership and it’s composed of union leaders, business interests and local civic leaders.
Puget Sound Business Journal, June 8, 2009
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/08/daily24.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Boomers to This Year's Grads: We Are Really, Really Sorry
Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124458192890699487.html
Giving to Colleges and Other Charities Declines Nearly 6 Percent
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 10, 2009
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=jwjzntPB5fhfjsdFnFh2cvRpzxMWjfqs
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The Less Educated Take the Worst Hit
The recession has led to steep job losses across the U.S. work force, but less-educated people have been hit particularly hard. The unemployment rate for workers over 25 years old who haven't gone beyond high school rose to 10% in May, nearly doubling from 5.2% a year earlier, the government said. Among workers who haven't completed high school, the unemployment rate rose to 15.5%, compared with 8.4% last year. By contrast, the jobless rate among those with four-year college degrees was 4.8%, up considerably from 2.3% a year ago, but well below the rate for people with less education.
Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124424363293190441.html
How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
Time Magazine, June 5, 2009
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1902604-1,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1901188_1901207,00.html
See also www.twitter.com/SBCTCWashington
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Location, Location, Location
Why do some public colleges always seem to fare better on state appropriations than others? Research helps, but so does a campus in a Democratic state, and in proximity to the statehouse.
Inside Higher Ed, June 10, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/10/approps
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